Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-20
CITY AND DISTRICT.
PROPOSED NEW RAILROADS.
Provisions OF the Bills introduced I'm
the senate Yesterday.

In the senate yesterday, Mr.. salisbury intro
udeeia bin tOincOrporate the District OF Columbia
suburban Halfway co. II names as incorporators
Moss l. c. iIine, j. g. Waters, c. +. Creecy, W.
". curtis, j. I. Mitchell. J. ". Denver Green b.
Eaunl, Frank Page. Gilbert VI. Movers. ThOS J.
Myers. Michael Shsughnessy Jnn. " Chidress,
and W W. classic, and authorizes them
70 locate and construct, furnish, main
with single or double track. with necessary
switches and turnOutS. beginning AT or near the
lptersectOn OF Maryland aveBuc and 1st street;
inence along that avenue northeast 10 Boundary;
Thence along or near Columbia or old Bladensburg
rad 20 the District line; thence 10y the
most eligible route % he approved by the COM
mlsSi1uerS, ana passing east and north OF the SOL
dlers' Home 20 the vicinity Of Br1ghtwOOd. thence
BY the most eligible route 20 Rock Creek thence
with branch from some point along Rock
Creek % a point near TennalytOwn; thence
Little Fans. The company may operate its cars
In the city limits by means OF any motive power
other than that created by steam, and may con-
Struct all necessary bridges culverts &C The capi
tai stock shall not exceed sI,OOOOOO, in $50
shares. Within thirty days after the passage OF
the act the company must organize. rate OF fare
not 70 exceed fve cents per passenger within the
city limits may BE- charged, and ten cents per
each passenger outside the city limits
Inside the city the tracks must be laid In the
center Of the streets and avenues and In the most
approved manner, with latest patterns OF rails,
real estate, and, together with the personal prop
erty o. the company, shall be liable TO taxation.
lifst-claSs cars shall be used.
TIE CABLE ELECTkIc RAILWAY.
Mr. Rddleberger introduced a bill TO
Incorporate the washington Cable Electric
Railway Co Of the District. 1t names
as incoroorators Messrs A T. Britton,
c. J. Bell, VIM. W. Dudley, A. ii. Herr, Geo. Z.
Lemon. T. X. johnson, o. G.. Staples, III. u. Cooke,
NJ. NJ Parker ,. l. Barbour and X. W. Jackson,
all OF the District and authorizes them 20 lay down
a single or double track railway, with necessary
switches, turnOuts and other mechanical devices,
necessary 90 operate the same by electric power
along the route Defined with the privilege OF en-
tering the Capitol grounds, under restrictions
imposed by the Architect OF the Capitol
beginning at the corner OF and 24th streets north
stoddard. High. SIN, R. Frederick, s4th,, \ lof or
s ss o0 ngsis along sist Mater to Water
TO 2Gth. to G, and thence TO place of beginning.
Also beginning at @ and 24th, with double
track along G TO 18th. taking in PENNSYLVANIA
18th street, g street, Massachusetts, avenue,
North capitol street to b northeast; 1ith street,
Georgia Avenue, back 20 IIth, commencing at
6th and Boundary with double track
along 9Th street 10 the Potomac River;
also commencing at the corner OF 21st and Bound
northwest, TO connect with the main line east
ald west; also commencing at 21st and streets
northwest with a single track along to 9Th,
along 18th to T, thence to Boundary, and along
Boundary 10 place OF beginning. When the lines
coincide with those Of any other lines the Electric
Company shall Law separate and indie
harrow, IN which case both lines
LiI-t use the same tracks, but the Electric Co.
must prope Its cars over these lines with the same
power it employs. The main line must be
completed within two years, and It's
branches within four years from the
passage Of the bin The capital stock shall not
Both railroad bills were referred to the District
committee.